Having accessed a PC that works ( ) I got 12 out of 13 for science (I thought you fracked for coal, rather than gas.....Frack!).

On the "news", I got 6 out of 13 - coincidentally (or maybe not!), the questions that weren't US-specific I got right, the ones about internal American issues I got wrong. But I'm confident that if I asked the average americans questions about the current Speaker of the House, which constituencies voted Lib Dem, and who the MP for Southend and Rochford East were, Citizens of the US would do equally poorly.

Science test: 13/13, no guessingNews test: 12/13, with some guessing and uncertainty. Guessed wrong on the same sex marriage state question. Guessed right on the Syria map question. Was a little uncertain on the Obama election map question. The rest I was pretty sure about.

10/13 for the news one. As MM said, disadvantage of not being an American. I was in Phoenix AZ till two weeks ago (had been in the US for about 9 months) but most of the times the news was about Jodi Arias trial.

Having accessed a PC that works ( ) I got 12 out of 13 for science (I thought you fracked for coal, rather than gas.....Frack!).

Had I not read this comment before taking the quiz, I'd have guessed on this one and more likely than not gotten it wrong. However, this gave me a 13/13 on the science portion. Easy questions. Aside from that.

I feared the news quiz, however, as I'm absolutely pathetic when it comes to current events for the most part. Ended up with a 9/13, though, and given that that puts me better than 47% of respondents, really makes me worry about the general population...

10/13 for the news one. As MM said, disadvantage of not being an American. I was in Phoenix AZ till two weeks ago (had been in the US for about 9 months) but most of the times the news was about Jodi Arias trial.

That's odd. I'm American (near Dallas TX). I watch a fair bit of news, and read a fair bit online. But I have no idea what this trial is, or even who Jodi Arias is. Was that something of particular interest to Arizona, perhaps?

Edit: Nevermind. Googled it and answered my own question. This appears to be a high-profile murder trial in Phoenix. The murder was in Mesa, AZ.